Punjab Plain — ▪ plain, India large alluvial plain in northwestern India. It has an area of about 38,300 square miles (99,200 square km) and covers the states of Punjab and Haryana (Haryāna) and the union territory of Delhi, except for the Shahdara zone.… … Universalium
Punjab region — Punjab IPAudio|Punjab.ogg| [ˈpʌnʤɑb] ( pa. ਪੰਜਾਬ پنجاب, hi. पंजाब, ur. پنجاب), also Panjab ( fa. پنجاب, meaning Land of the Five Rivers ) (c.f. ap ), is a region straddling the border between India and Pakistan. The Five Rivers are Beas, Ravi,… … Wikipedia
Punjab — /pun jahb , pun jahb/, n. 1. a former province in NW British India: now divided between India and Pakistan. 2. a state in NW India. 15,230,000; 47,456 sq. mi. (122,911 sq. km). Cap.: Chandigarh. 3. a province in NE Pakistan. 37,374,000; 79,284 sq … Universalium
Punjab (India) — Infobox Indian Jurisdiction type = state state name = Punjab native name = Punjab other name = ਪੰਜਾਬ capital = Chandigarh latd = 30.73 longd = 76.78 largest city = Ludhiana abbreviation = IN PB official languages = Punjabi legislature type = The… … Wikipedia
Punjab — /pʊnˈdʒab/ (say poon jahb), /pʌn / (say pun ) noun 1. Also, the Punjab. a region of north western India and north eastern Pakistan, consisting mainly of a wide plain through which the Indus flows; part of British India from 1849; divided between… …
Indo-Gangetic Plain — Schematic map of the Indo Gangetic Plain … Wikipedia
Alluvial plain — An alluvial plain is a relatively flat landform created by the deposition of sediment over a long period of time by one or more rivers coming from highland regions, from which alluvial soil forms. A floodplain is part of the process, being the… … Wikipedia
Malwa (Punjab) — Malwa is a region of Punjab and parts of Haryana between the Sutlej and Yamuna rivers. This Malwa should not be confused with the Malwa Plateau region of Madhya Pradesh, Central India. The Malwa area makes up the majority of the Punjab region… … Wikipedia
Indus River — Trans Himalayan river of southern Asia. It is one of the world s longest rivers, with a length of 1,800 mi (2,900 km). Its annual flow of 272 billion cu yd (207 billion cu m) is twice that of the Nile. It rises in southwestern Tibet and flows… … Universalium
Faisalabad — [fī΄säl΄ə bäd′, fī′sal΄ə bad′] city in NE Pakistan, near Lahore: pop. 1,092,000 * * * Fai·sa·la·bad (fī sä lə bädʹ) Formerly Ly·all·pur (līʹəl po͝or ). A city of northeast Pakistan west of Lahore. Founded in 1892, it is a cloth and grain market.… … Universalium